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Factor VIII

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factor VIII
n.
A factor in the clotting of blood, a deficiency of which is associated with hemophilia A. Also called antihemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, antihemophilic globulin A, proserum prothrombin conversion accelerator.
Factor VIII
A protein involved in blood clotting that requires vWF for stability and long-term survival in the bloodstream.
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One of the company's manufacturing plants in Thousand Oaks also received Food and Drug Administration approval to produce Factor VIII, Baxter's flagship hemophilia product.
BIOMEDS LOOKING HEALTHY $3.7 BILLION GENERATED IN SALES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Periodic blood tests over the next year revealed that all three patients in the high-dose group and one in the low-dose group sometimes had factor VIII concentrations that the researchers interpreted as higher than those shown at the start of the study.
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There, Hyland Immuno makes its recombinant Factor VIII, a genetically engineered drug that treats people with the most common from of hemophilias and is one of the company's best sellers, generating $500 million in sales last year.
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